Composition Contest Judges Announced You won’t believe who’s judging! - Pg. 4

Also Inside: Fireside Southeast - Pg. 3 Percy Burrell Anniversary Celebrations & Contests - Pg. 10 Foundation Scholarships - Pg. 11 From the National Collegiate Representative

By Erick Reid, Rho Mu (Norfolk music. The composition contest highlights this theme. State) ’08, National Collegiate I encourage those brothers who have the gift of compo- Representative sition to participate or spread the word to someone you Greetings Brothers! feel could benefit from this exciting opportunity. We HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray have some outstanding judges and I think we should that 2013 presented you with chal- give them some tough competition! The composition lenges that will make you greater program is open to both Sinfonians and non- and better prepared for those chal- Sinfonians so be sure to tell everyone you know! lenges you will face in 2014. I am Lastly, Leadership Institute is coming once again confident 2014 is going to be a and I know you all are going to take advantage of this great time for each of us individual- awesome experience! I promise you won’t find a pro- ly, as chapters, and collectively as a National gram like it. I have attended several times and I am Organization. The organization saw much change in sure we’re going to have a great time this year. So please 2013 and our National Executive Committee and take the time to attend this affordable opportunity in National Staff are making changes to prepare us for the Hoosier State (yeah, I had to look that up too)! 2014! Enjoy this issue of the Red & Black! Take the time My initial insight into the history of the fraternity to read the writings of Brother Percy J. Burrell as we was at a Fireside Conference! Here I learned about the commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death. And history of our organization, the meanings behind the check out news from campuses around the country! Let Ritual, and even had the opportunity to chat with our us all set a resolution as a fraternity to reach out more fraternity’s leaders about the vision of our order. This in 2014! Whether it be through social media, writing a experience was great and sparked my interest to go fur- letter, or even paying a visit to a new chapter this year ther and to do more for Sinfonia. You will have this and feel free to share these experiences with me at opportunity this semester! Fireside Southeast will take [email protected]! place on the campus of the University of Georgia. I encourage brothers in this region and even outside to In the Spirit of Phi, make a trip to learn more! You will have the opportuni- Erick Jamar Reid ty to learn from brothers from all over the country in National Collegiate Representative an intimate setting. As we are all aware, Sinfonia represents the best in

The Red & Black is the collegiate newsletter of Fraternity Volume XXXI Number 3 Jan/Feb 2014 Follow Us: Composition Judges - 4 facebook.com/phimualphasinfonia @phimualpha issuu.com/sinfoniahq

Phi Mu Alpha is a member of, supporter of or affiliated with the following organizations: American Classical Music Hall of Submission Deadlines - 11 Fame, Barbershop Harmony Society, Drum Corps International, Fraternity Communications Association, National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Music Policy Roundtable, National Association of Music Merchants Page 2 (NAMM) Support Music Coalition, and the National Interfraternity Music Council. Fireside Conference Southeast Where: University of Georgia When: April 4-6

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www.sinfonia.org/fireside Page 3 Advancing Music in Ame

The Phi Mu Alpha Composition Contest continues Sinfonia’s 100-year legacy of support for American artists and the creat Entrants will compete for a grand prize of $ 5,000, a featured premiere of their entry at the 2015 National Convention, a ning entry. We are pleased to announce the three distinguished brothers who have graciously agreed to serve as judges for made significant contributions to American music in his own right. Samuel Adler, Gamma Theta (North Texas) 1960

Brother Adler’s mark on American music stretches into nearly every of instrumentation, including five operas, six symphonies, numerou He has conducted the world over, and founded and conducted the from 1950 to 1952. His contributions also include several acclaime Following military service, Brother Adler conducted the Dallas Lyr of North Texas College of Music (1957-1966), Professor of Compo on the composition faculty at Julliard.

Carlisle Floyd, Epsilon Iota (Florida State) 1957

Brother Floyd is one of the most admired and widely performed op ited with helping to create an American idiom in opera. Carlisle’s m performed American operas in history. His other popular works in of the same name, and Cold Sassy Tree, his most recent work, writt Brother Floyd has been honored with The Citation of Merit by the Composers, the National Opera Institute’s Award for Service to Am and Letters, the White House National Medal of Arts, and the Fra been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as an ho

Keith Lockhart, Gamma Eta (Furman) 1978

Brother Lockhart became the 20th conductor of the Pops i artists from virtually every corner of the entertainment world. Dur Boston Pops concerts. Audiences worldwide love Keith’s inimitable making, but also by his unique ability to speak directly to the audi mitted. Currently, Brother Lockhart serves as principal conductor o artistic director of the Brevard Music Center summer institute and every major symphonic ensemble in North America, as well as seve

Page 4 erica... tion of new works of American music. and a publishing contract for the win- r the competition, each of whom has

y realm of music. His catalogue includes over 400 published works in all types us string quartets, concerti, and several shorter works for orchestra or choir. Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra while serving in the United States Army ed books and articles on conducting, composition, and orchestration. ic Theater (1954-1958), served as Professor of Composition at the University osition at the Eastman School of Music (1966-1995), and since 1997 has been

pera composers and librettists of the last century. He is cred- most popular work, Susannah, has become one of the most clude Of Mice and Men, based on the John Steinbeck novel en in 2000. Among numerous prominent distinctions, e National Association of American Conductors and merican Opera, induction into the American Academy of Arts aternity’s own prestigious Man of Music award. He has also onoree for lifetime contribution.

in 1995. He has worked with a wide array of established ring his 17-year tenure, he has conducted more than 1,400 e style, expressed not only through his consummate music- ience about the music to which he feels so passionately com- of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. In addition, he is d festival in North Carolina. He has appeared with virtually eral in Asia and Europe.

The contest is open to all who are interested and qualified! Deadline for entries is July 1, 2014. Head to www.sinfonia.org/compositioncontest for entry requirements and details. Page 5 The President's Message (reprinted from The Phi Mu Alpha Annual; Vol. IX, 1910)

“The advancement of music America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater.

DEAR BROTHERS: It has been strictly academic, scholastic and pedagogical. The debating and lit- my privilege in the previous two erary clubs, local societies, general fraternities and the like help in messages to choose a text from the developing the social side of man's nature. Here men meet one article of our Constitution on another on the same level. Rough exteriors are planed down by “Object.” I have sought to say some- rubbing up against smooth ones, and the smooth find out which thing worth your time to read on way the grain really runs in getting scratched by the rough ones. the development of the best and These diverse, not diametric - indeed they are, after all, harmoniz- truest fraternal spirit and the mutual ing aspects of the student life - are true developers for both mak- welfare and brotherhood of musical ing a rounded manhood and putting a man on the square. students This year I have turned to Isolation in thought and in body does not tend to make a man the remaining aim of our fraternity love any one in any corner but his own. His corner is only big expressed in the words “the advance- enough for himself. Fraternity, it seems to me, is a sort of life's ment of music in America and a loy- “puss in the corner” game where one is glad to exchange corners Brother Percy J. Burrell in 1911. alty to the Alma Mater.” On the when the other fellow whistles and everybody has an equally good opening pages of our YEAR BOOK and profitable time. I desire to emphasize this specific kind of loyalty, and in so doing I I see that I have used the word “Fraternity.” Let us do so again trust that its close relation to the advancement of music in and put the word Sinfonia before it, so it reads Sinfonia Fraternity. America may be apparent. What does it mean? Loyalty to the Alma Mater! I believe that that The present-day demand for education is determined to no is what a true fraternity means every time. I have no sympathy small extent by the world sizing up, as it were, the human prod- with the individual who berates the college fraternities because he ucts that are gathered and sent forth from the collegiate and edu- is outside of them and knows noth- cational field. The world has a right to ask, “What has education ing about them. It is true that some done for Jim Smith?” If Jim Smith can show a fellow feeling for fraternities are not as good in their Tom Brown, John Jones and Charlie White, and if he can put out influence as others may be because a right hand that will fit into the other fellow's right hand, educa- each man himself, the world over, tion has produced brains plus brotherhood. Such a man going has a goodness that is relative forth with a sheepskin in his grip is going to win men, women and rather than positive. There are endowments for our colleges and universities. Is he not, brothers? some days not as bright as others, You can imagine that he is the fellow who in college used to shout, yet the Creator does not snuff out “Hurrah for Harvard!” and “Three cheers for Yale!” and who felt it the sun. in his heart as well as in his throat. He is in short the very best While every one recognizes the type of the college man. I fancy he would be the first to sit down Church and the State as the most in a spelling match if asked to spell “snob” or “sneer,” but he ought conspicuous handmaids of Inscription on the monument placed by to be able to stand up to the end on such words as “sincerity,” education, is it not true, as the Fraternity at Burrell’s gravesite on “sacrifice” and “Sinfonia.” well, that the American col- October 2, 2004 You ask what all this has to do with our text. It has a great deal lege fraternity has been a to do with it, for this loyalty touches in very essence the mind and prominent and positive factor in the growth and popularity of col- heart condition of men. He who does not think broadly and feel lege life? I think so. Does not the “frat” man love his frat and his deeply does not lose much sleep because of working loyally. While college equally well, and when he goes out into the world does he the man who comes out of college is expected to make a mark for not both love his fellowmen and cherish his Alma Mater? A short himself in the world and so prove what is in him - you may put it time ago a class in one of our universities was getting ready to put down as certain that unless something besides rules, definitions on a Shakespearean play. All the female characters chosen by the and equations got into his head as a student - he will find himself committee happened to be non-frat members. The coach asked, quite erased as far as making a positive impress upon his fellows in “Wouldn’t it be wise to have at least one of the fraternities repre- the broadest sense of what manhood and life-work really ought to sented in the cast? You want their support, don’t you?” Promptly be. The ideal college life today should afford, and I believe it does, came the answer, “Oh, the frat girls have college spirit enough to an opportunity for men to meet with influences other than those support it anyway!” I thought that had a pretty good illustration of

Page 6 how fraternity and college spirit go hand in hand and that a school of the brothers of the “black and red.” without the former is liable to lose much of the latter, and in short The most rational aim of any educational institution is to turn order find a diminished loyalty to the Alma Mater. out graduates that will be an honor to the school. The graduate to You may put this down as a truism: A college spirit cannot be be such must possess culture as a result of musical training and successfully worked up among alumni after graduation. To be a enthusiasm as a result of social activity. It can not be well disputed loyal alumnus one must first have college spirit, and this same spir- that the growth and perpetuity of a college are largely measured by it is kept aflame largely through the oxygen in the lungs of the fra- student activity which promotes a common interest and inspires ternity members. Our own Sinfonia has proved this. The institu- consequent loyalty as well as by the personal character and com- tions which have been pleased to see the red and black fluttering mercial success of her graduates. Sinfonia has had ten years to in their midst emphasize the truth of this assertion. Brothers and make known the fact that every Sinfonia shout shouted means a all others who read this Year Book, listen to the testimony of one more wide-awake, enterprising graduate; that every Sinfonia meet- of the directors of a leading American conservatory: “I have no ing where are discussed plans of ways and means fosters a more reason to regret the expenditure of any time or money that I may mature judgment which in years to come may help, by wise coun- have made because I feel that the good Sinfonia has done the con- sels, the Alma Mater. servatory and the students far surpasses any outlay that I may have Brothers of the Sinfonia, do you not realize more than ever made. . . . One of the cardinal principles what it means to you to associate for of the order is a loyalty to the Alma Mater, four, three, two, or even one year in a fra- and I believe that the establishment of fra- ternal, brotherly way with fifteen, twenty, ternities in the conservatories is developing or twenty-five other young men all bend- their school spirit a hundred per cent.” ing their youthful energies toward a high Another director says: “Sinfonia is the goal of musical culture? This abundant best thing that ever happened to our good-fellowship makes a wholesome, young men.” uplifting and indelible impress upon your Yet another voices this sentiment: “I complete manhood and is fashioning you believe Sinfonia makes a man a better into a better all-round man and a better musician.” Indeed it does make him a bet- man all around - outside as well as inside ter musician, for added to his own person- the mystic circle. I speak the truth when al ambitions is the ardent desire to be an I state that to foster a movement that so honor to his fraternity and to his Alma promotes real brotherhood and musical Mater. Brother Burrell presenting his 1901 progress among the future musicians of We do not speak in parables, or mys- Convention photograph to the 1952 America reflects wisdom and far-sighted- teries, or imaginings, or longings. Such are National Convention in Cincinnati. ness on the part of those who stand at the testimonies of men of conspicuous positions in the musical the head of our institutions of musical learning. Sinfonians, you realm who have observed critically and intimately Sinfonia and are entitled to take just pride that you are proving at last that Sinfonians. The music departments of our universities and our musicians can be welded together in love and for mutual helpful- conservatories of music are the agents - wise, systematic, thorough ness and progress. You are developing that type of manhood which and far-reaching - in the advancement of music in America. Their ever shows itself in loyalty to the Alma Mater. Now you are com- graduates are bid godspeed as they seek the path leading to ing back to the Alma Mater to see the old school, the old teachers, advancement and attainment. They feel the push of the Alma and to greet the new brothers in Sinfonia. In unison do I catch Mater behind and see the beckoning of the goodness of your cry, “Te amo- Alma Mater.” Attainment before. Every true Sinfonian knows what this means; Another paragraph or two and I am done with the annual mes- every institution that boasts a Sinfonia chapter in its midst has felt sage. It is this: The institution which seeks only to develop art, cul- the warm pulsings of the Phi Mu Alpha heart. tivate brains and promote the scientific does not reach the acme of If I were standing before my own chapter of the New England its possibilities or embrace all its opportunities. Its widest mission Conservatory and speaking on this same subject, I believe I should extends into the field of sentiment, emotion, the spontaneities begin the speech something like this: “In one sentence, brothers, and, indeed, the humanities of life. To strive to subordinate the let me try to strike the keynote. While every Sinfonia man vows heart to the head is a worthy performance in the unchecked pas- that ‘once a Sinfonian, always a Sinfonian,’ and is a Sinfonian, sions of the race, but in the one seeking knowledge in the higher now, at last and all the time, he never has forgotten and never will schools the shout, the song, the society are not at all the anomalies forget that he is (if I can coin the word) a ‘Conservatorian,’ first, they may seem at first glance. The noisy, youthful outbursts that last and all the time.” The same might be said, with its own local sometimes are heard may be in truth the very potentialities capable application, of the members of all the chapters. I have seen many a of begetting, fostering and sustaining a sentiment and love for the man with a Sinfonian pin shining on his vest, but I have yet to see time, the occasion, the thing that inspired them. The graduate of the sneer at him who wore nothing save buttons on his vest. today is inclined to remember his Alma Mater for its sociality as Loyalty to the school and friendliness and helpfulness to its stu- well as its intellectuality. The college spirit gets into him during dents, whether Sinfonians or not, ever have been prominent traits the college days. In his after life this same spirit seeks to get out of cont. page 10... Page 7 South Carolina Delta Colony • Clemson U

It’s a long time coming, but Sinfonia has reached Clemson University. On October 31st, Province 30 Governor Kyle Coleman visited to meet with Clemson’s interest group and convey that their petition for colonization has been accepted by the NEC and COS. For 27 months, the interest group has been trying to achieve colony status, and it has been a long and arduous process. Over time, many members have come and gone but a few stuck with it and are finally seeing the fruits of their labors. Frank Taylor, colony vice president and one of the very early members of the interest group commented

Zeta Rho Chapter • Fisk University

The small chapter was preparing for their tive to thorough preparation before leaving for own performance on the Christmas at Fisk break. Food, friends, and a family atmosphere Showcase Concert, when a late Thanksgiving allowed students to give and receive constructive made juries seem like they were very early. The criticism as they practiced their performances— chapter hosted a special Jury Preparation Night no faculty allowed (except for a collaborative to help their fellow students with that last incen- pianist).

Pennsylvania Gamma Colony • Moravian College

The colony had a very busy, but amazing ties for Phase 1. We put on a concert featuring semester this fall. We first found out about the members of the colony, our American Music receiving our colony status in March of 2013. Recital, three recruitment events, the Ossian Due to getting our colony status so late in the Everett Mills Music Mission, had our overnight semester, the spring semester of 2013 was used weekend brotherhood retreat, and more. With for raising money to help with the tasks to be the hard work of every colony member, we are completed in Phase 1 of the colony process. The now here in December with all of the Phase 1 colony formed an organized plan for the activities done and finishing the final preparation fundraisers and between two different ones we of our petition for Phase 2 in just a few short raised over $500 to put in the bank for the fall months - a testament to how a combination of semester. Fall semester was time for us to buckle hard work and true brotherhood can overcome down and finish all the different required activi- any obstacle.

Rho Tau Chapter • Appalacian State University

During the course of the spring semester, the his compositions were performed almost every day chapter hosted a Contemporary Music Festival fea- of the week. turing the talents of American composer Rob The chapter also conducted an American Smith, who has received multiple awards interna- Music Review. During this, both brothers and tionally for his compositions. Rob Smith held mas- other music students performed music from ter classes with several ensembles on campus, while American composers.

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“Although it has taken us a little over two years to get here, it is all going to be worth it in the end. Since the group has become the South Carolina Delta Colony, they have a lot of work to do. By maintaining the mindset of “men of the highest type,” the goal of becoming a full chapter is coming into fruition.” The colony is finally close to reaching their goal. And as they push through Phase I, the colony continues to stay motivated and always reaching toward their goal of becoming a full chapter.

Gamma Phi Chapter • Texas State University

On March 23, 2013 in San Marcos, windows. A day later, Gamma Phi’s Faculty Texas, the chapter participated in a one-day Advisor was emailed a letter about how community service project that is now the much our company and hard work was second largest of its kind in the state of appreciated. “I kept thinking,” they wrote, Texas. This project is called Bobcat Build. “that you would have been so proud of them The mission of Bobcat Build is to create a (as would be their parents)...for doing some- Texas State tradition of pride through a day one else’s chores with such delightful disposi- of service projects that build awareness, build tions and a willingness to do whatever was community, and build tradition. Gamma Phi asked. What an absolutely charming group was split into two different groups to help of young men! They are ambassadors extra- pick up leaves and generally clean up houses ordinaire of both Texas State and the Music of faculty/citizens of San Marcos. One team Department!” Gamma Phi enjoyed partici- from Gamma Phi worked diligently for three pating in Bobcat Build and plans on contin- hours and raked about twenty bags of leaves, uing to participate for many years to come. mulched multiple flowerbeds, and washed

Kappa Chi Chapter • Del Mar College

Spring 2013 was a very successful (Pi Chi). We had also initiated three more semester for Kappa Chi. We have built brothers and reformed our black night to new shrines to replace our old ones as well be much more exciting and effective for as made our very own ritual robes. We probationary members here at Kappa Chi also had a joint American Music Recital for years to come. with our brothers from A&M Kingsville

Visit www.sinfonia.org/submissions to learn more about the types of articles and updates you can submit! [email protected] Page 9 Percy Burrell Anniversary Celebration

PERCY JEWETT BURRELL COMMEMORATION YEAR AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS As we have published previously, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Brother Percy Jewett Burrell, Supreme President of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia from 1907-14. This coming October will also mark the 10th anniversary of the Fraternity’s dedication of a monument to Brother Burrell at his previously unmarked gravesite in Watertown, Massachussetts. Brother Burrell is one of the most prolific and eloquent writers in the history of Sinfonia, and his direct and indirect contributions to our growth and welfare are innumerable. It is fitting that we take time to observe his passing in this anniversary year, and pay honor to his memory and contributions. The Fraternity is pleased to announce the following activi- ties in observance of the Burrell commemoration: CHAPTER HISTORIAN’S OBSERVANCE March 22, 2014 will mark the 50th anniversary of Brother Burrell’s passing. On or near that date, we are asking each chapter historian to present a program honoring the life, contributions and writings of Percy Jewett Burrell for the chapter’s education. Historians are encouraged to submit both programs and documentation of the event to the National Headquarters. The three best programs will be recognized with formal awards. NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST A national essay contest will be held, with the theme being a reflective treatment on the Object of the Fraternity in its entirety, or thoughts on the importance of any of the four individual components of the Object. We would like to encourage brothers to attempt modern equivalents compa- rable to Brother Burrell’s seminal expositions on the Object in his presidential letters, published in the Sinfonia Annuals during his term of office. These letters are available through online resources, and are also published in the current edition of Themes for Brotherhood. Prizes will be awarded for the top three entries received, and the winning entry will receive free registration to the 2014 Leadership Institute and will have the winning essay published in the Sinfonian. P.J. BURRELL LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST Brothers may submit photos bearing a strong resemblance to our Master Pageant Master. We will select the three photos which are closest in like- ness to Brother Burrell, and submit them to the brotherhood at large for a popular vote to determine the winner. The top three look-alikes will receive gift cards to the Sinfonia Store, with a special premium going to the top vote-getter. FOR THE ADVENTUROUS CHAPTER – PRESENT A PAGEANT Brother Burrell wrote and directed pageants across the United States, and was called the “Master Pageant-Master” by Professor of History Dr. . In 1948, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Fraternity, Brother Burrell wrote Sinfonia Birthday: An Historical Play Based on Facts of the Founding of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity, which was performed at the National Convention. Courageous chapters are encouraged to learn and stage the pageant, and record the performance on digital video. The videos should be submitted to the National Headquarters for judging . The winning performance will be added to the permanent archives collection of the Fraternity for viewing by future generations of Sinfonians, and the performing chapter will receive an expenses-paid retreat at Lyrecrest, culminating in the inaugural screen- ing of their performance in the National Museum.

More information is available in your January mailing, and details and entry deadlines will be published online at www.sinfonia.org/burrellan- niversary. Let us pay fitting tribute to the man whose thoughts are still as current today as they were over 100 years ago, Brothers.

...cont. from ‘Burrell’ (pg. 7) him in the most practical ways and helps for his Alma Mater. But first of all, loyalty to the Alma Mater must have the seeds sown in the form of enthusiasm, college spirit and brotherhood in the student. His first exuberance may be sometimes criticised as puerile and irrational, but in later years we find that these pristine, bubbling-over manifestations have undergone a process of evo- lution and he has come to possess an alumni spirit “safe and sane.” Such a one loves his Alma Mater. It means counseling to him. The shout and the song are not forgotten. Oh no! They were the prologues, the prerequisites, the harbingers of still better things, for with him it is now, “All up for the old school!” and “On with our sons and daughters to the old Alma Mater!” Give the conservatory, the college, the university, give any school an enthusiastic, wide-awake, alert, progressive student body, and loyalty to the Alma Mater must ever be the keynote struck by the alumni. Nothing so happily and positively forecasts a force- ful alumni body as the visible proof in the esprit de corps of a chapter in the Sinfonia Fraternity. The Sinfonia Fraternity of America has been and ever will be one of the strongest bonds that holds an alumnus to the Alma Mater. Every Sinfonian means a graduate that means, in turn, a true and loyal being with a soul all aglow for the old school that gave him a cultured musical mind and a warm, brotherly heart. More than ever, my brothers, is it good to be a Sinfonian. For “once a Sinfonian, always a Sinfonian.”

Fraternally Yours, In Phi Mu Alpha, Percy Jewett Burrell. Page 10 News From Headquarters Foundation Scholarships Leadership Institute Dates Finalized The Sinfonia Educational Foundation is proud to pro- vide support for collegiate success through its annual Leadership Institute 2014 will be held on the campus of the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville from Thursday, July 24 through scholarship program. This money is there for the taking, Sunday, July 27, 2014. The Fraternity Education pre-conference will be but you will never be a recipient unless you apply! The held from Wednesday, July 23 through Thursday afternoon, July 24. 2014 application form will be available January 10. Opening ceremonies will be Thursday evening as in the past. There are some exciting new developments in the works regarding expanded pro- Head to www.sinfonia.org/scholarships for details and gram opportunities and extended musical development options, so stay the scholarship application. Deadline is March 1! tuned to www.sinfonia.org in the coming weeks for updated informa- tion.

The theme for 2014 will be We Are the Music Makers – Leadership for the Second Century. Anyone who attended last year’s event can tell you what an outstanding opportunity our Leadership Institute provides, brothers, and registration is very reasonable. Mark your calendars now, and talk with your chapter about sending representatives so that you can T-Shirt Design Contest take full advantage of all the programs available to you. The deadline for submissions is quickly approach- ing. Entrants have the chance to receive gift cards to the Sinfonia Store, and the chance to see their work featured on a Sinfonia Store item. If you American Music Challenge have design talent, don’t wait! Deadline is March 1 Be rewarded for doing what you love! Make sure you’re documenting chapter perform- ances, and preparing documentation for sub- Deadlines mission by the May 31, 2014 deadline. T-shirt Design Competition - March 1, 2014 SEF Scholarship Applications - March 1, 2014 American Music Challenge - May 31, 2014 Composition Contest - July 1, 2014

Organizational Information Alumni Associations: 19 Chapters: 247 Lyrecrest Staff: Colonies: 6 Collegiate members in Good Standing 7,410 Interim Executive Edward A. Klint, Alpha Xi ’78 Michigan Beta (Oakland University) Collegiate members on Suspension 755 Director [email protected] Ext. 108 Collegiate members (total) 8,165 Theta Eta (Wright State University) Director of Mark Helmstetter, Theta Upsilon ’03 Percentage of total collegiate suspensions 9.25% Pennsylvania Gamma (Moravian College) Programs [email protected] Ext. 102 South Carolina Delta (Clemson University) Total amount of outstanding per capita tax owed to Sinfonia $116,928 Director of Mark A. Wilson, Delta Eta ’03 Alabama Epsilon (University of Alabama at Communications [email protected] Ext. 104 Birmingham) Florida Iota (Edward Waters College) Publication Information Retreat Coordinator Garrett Lefkowitz, Beta Iota ’08 The Red & Black is published as an informational & Programs Associate [email protected] Ext. 103 newsletter for the Fraternity’s chapters, colonies, faculty advi- Controller Mary J. Carie sors, governors, committeemen, and national officers. [email protected] Ext. 105 The Red & Black is printed bimonthly, September to April. Photographs and articles from your chapter are highly encour- Fraternity Services Sean N. Leno, Phi Omega ’00 aged for upcoming issues of The Red & Black. Please send the Administrator [email protected] Ext. 100 articles and photographs to [email protected]. Fraternity Services Elizabeth A. Rader Editor/Layout: Mark A. Wilson, Delta Eta ’03 Associate [email protected] Ext. 101 Page 11 DID YOU KNOW? Music Advocacy Edition Sinfonia is dedicated to music advocacy and has a number of resources to aid brothers in becoming effective advocates at their schools and in their communities. The Need • Music programs are often first on the budgetary chopping block. It affects every member of Sinfonia directly or indirectly, and affects countless students who will never experience a musical education. The Benefits • We all understand the subjective beauty and power that music can have over the human spirit, and on a more practical level, students enrolled in music attend school more often, perform better, and receive a more rounded education. Fraternity Outreach • The Fraternity has a comprehensive Guide to Music Advocacy that covers ways you can become involved as a collegian, alumnus, musician, educator, or non-music major. • Phi Mu Alpha is affiliated with numerous advocacy organizations such as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). • Sinfonia is represented on NAfME’s Music Education Policy Roundtable, a body that works toward making permanent, lasting changes to American music education by changing governing policies that affect educators and students. This council has a tangible, positive impact on legislators in Washington, DC, and helps to create non-partisan policies for the betterment of all students. What Can You Do? • Seek media and community exposure for Fraternity music events and other local arts programs. • Hold fundraisers for struggling music programs or donate time to districts in need of help. • Make sure administrators at your college understand the value of a musical education. For educators, make sure the parents of your students understand the value to their children, both the tangible and intangible benefits. • Share your experiences with others! • Head to www.sinfonia.org/advocacy to learn more. Educating yourself is the best preparation for being an effective advocate.